Just as the hog produces more that the chop and the steer more than rib eye, the sea provides much more variety than Tuna, Salmon and Shrimp. But America's passion for blander varieties like shrimp forces the importation of 90% of the seafood consumed in the US. In the meantime, some of our best and most flavorful domestic fish and shellfish are sent overseas or ignored. Eating the ugly Geoduck, Mackerel and other "trash fish" delivers more taste and better supports US fishermen.

With only four ingredients, (milk, cultures rennet and salt); every one of the 900 known cheeses are produced. And the taste of one producer's edam is different than another's. Add the terrior and the season and... well no wonder there is an arcane word for connoisseurs of cheese (turophiles). This article gives a brief view of what floats turophiles' boats.

Bill Nye recently reversed couse on genetically Modified organisms. Many worry about the health, safety and environmental issues while Europeans are concerned about monopolies and the effects on small farms. After his visit to Monsanto, the "Science Guy" agreed with the New York Times article attached that only GMO improvements will enable us to feed the expected 2-5 Billion people added to the Globe in the next few decades. Food for thought in these 2 articles.